近年来,随着社会主义现代化建设事业的发展,理论界对两个文明建设的探讨也逐步深入。然而,不少论著往往将文明概念与文化及社会形态这两个概念混用,这既有碍于文明建设的实践,也使得理论研究的思路不够清晰。因此,有必要搞清楚这三个概念之间的区别与联系。本文试图从哲学角度对此作一探索。由于哲学概念是从其它各门具体科学中抽象、概括而来的,因此,下面在对这三个概念作界定之尝试时,一般都以其它学科中最常见或获得公认的观点为依据,从而得出哲学历史观方面的结论。 In recent years, with the development of the cause of socialist modernization, the theoretical circles have also made in-depth discussions on the two civilizations. However, many treatises tend to mix the concepts of civilization with the concepts of culture and social form, which not only hinder the practice of civilized construction, but also make the idea of ​​theoretical research not clear enough. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the differences and connections among these three concepts. This article attempts to explore this from a philosophical perspective. As philosophical concepts are abstracted and generalized from other specific sciences, the following attempts to define these three concepts are generally based on the most common or generally accepted viewpoints in other disciplines, and thus Come to the conclusion of philosophical view of history.